[gentoo-user] error in gconf ebuild?

[gentoo-user] error in gconf ebuild?

[Jorge Almeida]

I'm trying to unmerege gconf.

gnome-base/gconf
     selected: 1.0.8-r3 2.2.0
        protected: none
             omitted: none

 	    >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
 	    >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.

 	    >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting...
 	    >>> (Control-C to abort)...
 	    >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1
 	    >>> Unmerging gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3...
 	    No package files given... Grabbing a set.
 	    /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh:
 	    /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3/gconf-1.0.8-r3.ebuild:
 	    line 34: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
 	    /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh:
 	    /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3/gconf-1.0.8-r3.ebuild:
 	    line 71: syntax error: unexpected end of file

 	    !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3 failed.
 	    !!! Function , Line 1686, Exitcode 1
 	    !!! error sourcing ebuild
 	    !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT
 	    this status message.

 	    !!! FAILED prerm: 1

I emerge sync'ed just a few moments before...

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Re: [gentoo-user] error in gconf ebuild?

[Mike Williams]

On Wednesday 20 July 2005 14:24, Jorge Almeida wrote:
>             /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh:
>             /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3/gconf-1.0.8-r3.ebuild:
>             line 34: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
>             /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh:
>             /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3/gconf-1.0.8-r3.ebuild:
>             line 71: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Look at the path.
Look at the file and fix the "error", shouldn't be hard to spot.

No-one really knows how, why, or when this happens, but many people have had 
this problem before.

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Re: [gentoo-user] error in gconf ebuild?

[Holly Bostick]

Mike Williams schreef:
> On Wednesday 20 July 2005 14:24, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> 
>>            /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh:
>>            /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3/gconf-1.0.8-r3.ebuild:
>>            line 34: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
>>            /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh:
>>            /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/gconf-1.0.8-r3/gconf-1.0.8-r3.ebuild:
>>            line 71: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> 
> 
> Look at the path.
> Look at the file and fix the "error", shouldn't be hard to spot.
> 
> No-one really knows how, why, or when this happens, but many people have had 
> this problem before.
> 

As far as I know, "unexpected End Of File" generally means that a hard 
return exists somewhere it shouldn't (a hard return is often interpreted 
as the EOF).

In this case, however, it looks like somebody forgot to close their 
quotes on line 34, and the file came to an end before Portage was able 
to find the closing quote to complete whatever function was begun on 
that line. Portage read through all the lines after the quotes were 
opened, looking for the closing quote, and came to the perfectly 
legitimate EOF on line 71 before finding it (because it's not there), 
and so thinks that the EOF is 'unexpected' (because a function was not 
completed with the closing quotes, thus was still open when the file ended).

So the likely solution is to look at line 34 and figure out where the 
closing quote is supposed to be and add it, then try again (you might 
have to re-digest the ebuild first).

HTH,
Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] error in gconf ebuild?

[Mike Williams]

On Wednesday 20 July 2005 15:59, Holly Bostick wrote:
> In this case, however, it looks like somebody forgot to close their
> quotes on line 34
[snip]
> So the likely solution is to look at line 34 and figure out where the 
> closing quote is supposed to be and add it, then try again (you might 
> have to re-digest the ebuild first).

Holly, the file portage was complaining about was the copy kept 
in /var/db/pkg, along with the contents, environment info, etc.
It's the classic "bug" in portage where a " gets replaced with ^A or EOF.

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Re: [gentoo-user] error in gconf ebuild?

[Jorge Almeida]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Mike Williams wrote:

>
> It's the classic "bug" in portage where a " gets replaced with ^A or EOF.
>
Yes, there was a ^A. Unfortunately, I already deleted the directory in
/var/db/pkg, thus probably leaving my system with a multitude of orphan
files...
A pity that a "classic" bug keeps crawling.
Thanks for the reply.

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